Verve Dog Food

Now made with organic barley for increased palatability!

This wholesome, hearty recipe is the original Honest Kitchen formula, which started it all! The Honest Kitchen Verve natural dog food is a classic dehydrated recipe, made with Midwestern beef, eggs, whole grains and produce like carrots, parsley, cranberries and spinach. Verve is a human grade dog food that’s ideal for adult dogs including seniors as well as dogs who do better without poultry.

The Honest Kitchen Verve is good for dogs who:
♥ Are looking for an adult/senior maintenance diet
♥ Do better with low gluten, whole grains
♥ Need a low fat, low calorie diet

how much to feed each day

We suggest dividing daily amount into two servings, one in the AM and one in the PM. Our foods must be hydrated with water before serving, but you can add slightly more or less water than we suggest, according to your pet's taste. Refrigerate or discard any leftovers. Learn more about how to make our foods >

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Written by Consuelo | 2/13/15

Red is a Hungarian Wirehaired Viszla, 4 years and 7 months old. Aprox. 9 months ago he started having seizures, not frequent but very concerning. Our vet suggested starting him on meds, but I did not want to go down that route until I examined our choices.. A friend who breeds these dogs told me she had changed all her dogs to Honest Kitchen and everyone was happy. I switched him over and he loves the food.
Verve is definitely his absolute favorite. He likes the texture. Once it has been mixed it has some body to it and I think he likes that in his food. We tried the chicken, but he was really luke warm on it and I had to add other things to give it bulk. So Red says keep the Verve coming.
Since changing Red over to this food and adding a holistic supplement we have controled the frequency of seizures One in December and none since then. It's a win win.
1 10.lb. box lasts aprox. 20 days @ 1 1/2 cups per serving. He gets fed twice daily, he wouldn't have it any other way.

Written by kali | 2/9/15

My 12 year old Airedale was starting to get an increasingly sensitive stomach even on so called "holistic" quality dry foods. I work in pet retail and know a lot about the different food options and always gave him a variety of brands of dry food and some frozen raw. After his last bout of vomiting, and the usual chicken and rice to settle his stomach, I made the decision to get him onto THK foods, in part because I knew it was all human grade and minimally processed, but not as high fat as some raw diets can be. We tried the Keen first, which he loved initially and even gained a little weight on. Unfortunately, I served it too him a little too hot a few times and he developed an aversion to the food on that basis--lesson learned!--I switched him to Verve and he has cleaned his plate ever since. He does great on it, good stools, healthy and happy. He gets Verve by itself, or sometimes mixed with an oven-baked synthetic-free kibble. He's had a few teeth pulled after he fractured them, so he does best with a mostly soft diet.

Written by Becky | 12/31/14

My dog loves this food (regardless of which flavor) but this version with the grains in it gives her more gas! We will probably stick to the grain free versions from here on out.

Written by Robin | 12/16/14

My frenchies love this stuff. They like it with less water when the food has a thick, sticky oatmeal-like consistency. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is that the bag inside the 4-lb box is not re-sealable. The powder leaks all over my cabinets.

Written by Bridgett | 12/10/14

I have 4 dogs and tree of them eat Verve. They love it. One does circles for his food. And the other stands up and moves his hands together begging or he jumps up to 4 ft. They love Verve, I love that they are happy.

Written by Jocelyn | 12/2/14

Both of our Brittany Spaniels love this dog food. Our senior dog is almost 16 and she's unable to eat hard dog food, which is why we switched to the Honest Kitchen. It's really made a difference in the look and feel of their coats too. I highly recommend this brand and this flavor.

Written by Lyn | 10/27/14

My Golden Retriever Mack loves the Verve dog food by Honest Kitchen! The only complaint he has is that he has to wait 3 minutes after I add water to the food and that is a long time in dog minutes!!! I am a veterinarian and I have been so impressed with this company and I love the convenience of their food. Thanks Honest Kitchen for all that you do!

Written by Suzanne | 10/15/14

I was asked if my dog liked Verve by Honest Kitchen. I ordered on October 5 and it is now October 15th and I have not received the dog food yet. So I have to give it one paw.

Written by Maria | 10/14/14

We use Verve and Keen. Frank seems to prefer the Verve over the Keen, so I will probably just stick with this. I am joining the concierge club as well and getting food auto-shipped every few months. Thanks so much for a wonderful group of products!!

Written by Karen B | 10/10/14

We take Verve along for camping and backpacking trips. It's light enough for the dogs to carry in their own packs, and they get the added bonus of having a nice, warm dinner at the end of a long day of hiking! At home, we sometimes use Verve as a topper on their grain-free kibble. I gave this only 4 paws because one of my dogs loves it, the other one likes it, but sometimes doesn't want it. But he's too picky anyway!

Written by Tanja | 10/9/14

My pups name is Wilson, he is a 3.5 year old Rhodeshian Ridgeback. Just within the last 6 months or so he became horribly sick with protein lossing Irritable Bowl Disease (IBD). A dog with IBD can be sensitive to many different things in dog food and there is no apparent cause of IBD. We had been feeding our guy the same brand of food (good quality) since he was 6months old (just rotated proteins) & he never had a problem, until now. Well a ton of money, lots of pain and vet visits later we found out that Wilson was sensitive to fat. His body cant tolerate moderate to high fat food. Well let me tell you its really hard to find dog food that is good quality and low in fat! All the kibble on the market that is low fat has horrible ingrediants. When my husband came across Honest Kitchen I thought he was crazy that there was no way our vet would recommend it for our Wilson (seems like vets only like to recommend big name kibble brands). Well my vet was all for it, limited ingrediants and low fat he said seemed like a good combo for Wilson. Wilson has been on the Verve blend now for a month & his #s are dramatically better with each vet visit allowing us to lower the horrible steroids he is on. So far I am very impressed with Honest Kitchen and the products they sell. And Wilson absolutely loves the food!! We have to hide the boxes of food because he just tears them apart trying to eat the food.

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